[Lincoln and his friends are hanging out at Gus' Games and Grub, but before they're about to enjoy their spaghetti pizza, Leni and her friends: Fiona, Miguel, Jackee and Mandee arrive]
Ooh! Lincoln, isn't that your sister?
[notices her brother] Hey, Lincoln! It's like, totes packed in here. Mind if we share your booth?
Well, it's already… [Leni and her friends end up squeezing in] Full.
[gasps] Is that spaghetti pizza?
FionaOh, can I have a slice?
Oh. Well, I guess. [the teens devour the whole pizza] So, what are you guys doing here?
Yeah, don't you guys usually hang out at the mall?
Usually. But Dim Yum is closed.
Yeah, but the skee-ball is open! Come on, let's play some games!
[The teens leave the table and go to the arcade]
[offended] They ate all of our pizza. Now they're playing all of our games?
[Screen pans to Leni and her friends having fun playing games]
Y'all, they're takin' over this place like skeeters on a sugar sucker.
Guys, it's okay. It's only for an afternoon. We can still have fun.
[Miguel lands a high score on skee-ball and his friends celebrate until Rusty, Zach and Stella approach]
Mind if I get next? I don't get A's very often.
Fiona
Sorry, dude. Miguel's gonna be here for a while. He's on a roll.
Only 10,000 more tickets and he has enough to win the Rip Hardcore Waffle Iron!
TTeens
[singing] Waffles!
I've been saving up my tickets for years trying to win that! [sulks sadly]
[Reininger's department store in the Royal Woods Mall; Fiona and Miguel are preparing unmotivated for the morning run when Leni enters]
[cheerfully holding a pink box of muffins; off-screen] Morning, fam!
[over intercom] Attention, everyone! It's manager extraordinaire and fashion icon, Leni Loud! She dazzles in a chique-!
Fiona
[cutting him off] Like I said yesterday, it's too early for this, Miguel.
Look what I brought! [opens the box, revealing four decorated muffins] Ta-da!
They're Fuffins. [Fiona and Miguel both react confusingly] Like, muffins, but fun.
[hands each of her friends a muffin; walks over to Tanya with a happy gasp] Hi, Tanya! [hands her a muffin] I can't wait to hear about your date with Bradley from the sports department! [cut to Bradley, another mannequin dressed in tennis gear; gasps] Ooooh! It was a tennis date? LOVE that for you!
Fiona
[eating her muffin; delighted] Leni, you are the best!
CMs. Carmichael
[walks in] Couldn't have said it better myself, Fiona! [takes Miguel's muffin and takes a bite] I just love my Reninger's family. [chuckles, then more serious] Sometimes more than my own. [eats the rest of Miguel's muffin after a pause] Alright, team! Time for pre-opening announcements. First things first, I want to freshen up the store, so, get ready for some big changes around here.
[gasps] Are we finally addressing the employee breakroom smell? I have some theories. [takes out his notepad and flicks through]
CMs. Carmichael
[bluntly] No.
[closes his notepad and takes out a recorder; suspicious] Suspect #2 suspiciously changes the subject. Will monitor.
CMs. Carmichael
I want to start with the mannequins. The store's current stock are… [takes hold of a nearby mannequin's arm, which breaks off, its head immediately falls to the ground, as a swarm of spiders scuttle out; the rest of the mannequin collapses] Well, that just about says it all. I think it's time we retire them.
[Miguel and Fiona gasp and groan in apprehension; then cut to Leni, who doesn't understand]
[squeals in delight; excitedly] Tanya is going to LOVE retirement!! [hugs Tanya cheerfully] She TOTES deserves it! Oh, I hope she goes to Florida! I can visit her on my spring break!
Fiona
Leni, I think Ms. Carmichael meant that she is getting rid of the old mannequins, including Tanya.
[gasps in horror and clutches her mannequin friend] You can't just get rid of her! Sure, she's a little quiet and sometimes her limbs fall off. [Tanya's head dislodges, readjusts it] But she's my friend!
CMs. Carmichael
Sorry, Leni. I know you've formed an attachment, but it's just a mannequin. [her phone rings] Well, the movers are here to take away the old mannequins right now. [walks away]
Fiona
I'm sorry, Leni. [walks over to her for comfort] Hey, maybe you'll meet a new Tanya.
I don't want a new Tanya! I have a Tanya! We have to save her! It's like, Miguel, imagine if Ms. C. wanted to throw away your favorite Italian leather belt.
[gasps in horror] Beltissimo!? Over my dead-but-still-very-moisturized body! Okay, I am in! [holds out his hand]
Fiona
[rolls her eyes, lightly] Eh, why not? [adds her hand]
LMLeni, Miguel & Fiona
Save Tanya!
[As Leni, Fiona, and Miguel hide in the recycling room…]
Fiona
[takes her phone out of her pocket as it rings and gasps to see who's calling] It's Ms. Carmichael! I'll just call her back later!
[takes his phone out of his pocket, shocked to see that Ms. Carmichael is also trying to call him] Sorry, Ms. C! Turn off phone. [turns off his phone] Watch out, Leni. She's probably gonna--
[answers her phone] Hello? Oh, hi, Ms. Carmichael! [gasps in horror] Ms. Carmichael?!
CMs. Carmichael
Leni, where are the three of you?! The post-lunch rush is about to start!
[sighs] M-Ms. C, I can explain. See, we left the store to rescue Tanya and bring her back.
CMs. Carmichael
[disbelieved] Rescue Tanya? Tanya the mannequin? Wha… Listen, if the three of you are not back at this store ASAP, you will all be fired!
[firmly] Don't be mad at Miguel and Fiona, this was all my idea. But you said it yourself: we're a family at Reininger's. And nowhere does it say that mannequins are excluded. Tanya's like the sister I never had.
Fiona
Uh, Leni? You have nine sisters.
[annoyed] You know what I mean. [to Ms. Carmichael] Fire me if you have to, but I have to save my friend. [hangs up and sadly groans] You guys need to go back. You can't lose your jobs because of me.
Fiona
[hugs Leni] As if!
[joins them] Yeah! No mannequin left behind!
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